In the shadow of Rajsamand’s marble quarries and historic lake, a quieter story unfolds: families who skip meals, children who cannot concentrate in school because their stomachs are empty, elderly individuals who have no one to bring them food. Food insecurity is not a distant problem — it exists in every town in India, including ours.

Approximately 190 million Indians face chronic hunger, according to the Global Hunger Index. India ranks 111th out of 125 countries on the index — below several nations with lower GDP. The paradox is that India produces sufficient food. The problem is distribution, access, and above all, political will and community action at the local level.

Circle CAA’s Food Drives

Our weekly and festival-season food distribution initiatives have served more than 2,000 meals to homeless individuals, migrant workers, destitute elderly, and families in crisis. We work with local restaurants, vegetable vendors, and community donors to source fresh, nutritious food — not just calories, but meals that respect the dignity of those who receive them.

Every food drive is also an act of community-building. Volunteers prepare meals together, serve them together, and sit with recipients to share conversation. We believe that hunger is not just a physical condition — it is also an experience of invisibility and exclusion. Our food drives address both.

Beyond the Immediate

Circle CAA recognises that food drives, however important, treat symptoms rather than causes. Our longer-term work includes livelihood skills training, information about government welfare schemes, and advocacy for better local food distribution infrastructure. We connect families in need with entitlements they may not know they have: ration cards, pension schemes, employment guarantee programmes.

If you can spare a meal’s worth — of food, of time, of money — please join our next food drive. The difference it makes to those who receive it is not measurable in rupees.